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Table 3 Informant consensus factor (ICF) values of the medicinal plants

From: Market survey on the traditional medicine of the Lijiang area in Yunnan Province, China

Disease types

Number

Disease

The sum of plant species (Nur)

The number of identical plant species used (Nt)

ICF

Digestive

166

Worms/other Parasites D96

10

2

0.89

Abdominal Hernia other D91

6

1

1.00

Jaundice D13

22

2

0.95

Hepatitis D71

40

 

1.03

Vomiting D10

4

1

1.00

Diarrhea D11

33

16

0.53

Dyspepsia D07

30

7

0.79

Chronic Enteritis/Ulcerative Colitis D94

17

 

1.06

Constipation D12

9

0

1.13

Liver Disease NOS D97

11

0

1.10

Teeth/Gum Disease D82

13

2

0.92

Haematemesis D14

8

3

0.71

Hematochezia D16

5

3

0.50

Peptic Ulcer D86

8

0

1.14

Malignant Neoplasms Stomach D74

2

0

2.00

Abdominal Pain Epigastric D02

29

 

1.04

Appendicitis D88

5

 

1.25

Abdominal Pain D01

6

0

1.20

Perianal Abscess D95

1

0

-

General and unspcified

158

Pain General/Multiple Sties A01

99

27

0.73

Bleeding/Haemorrhage Nos A10

25

4

0.88

Malaria A73

10

3

0.78

Tuberculosis A70

33

1

1.00

Infectious Disease A78

3

0

1.50

Trauma A80

25

5

0.83

Poisoning by Medical Agent A84

7

2

0.83

Neoplasm A21

22

4

0.86

Respiratory

128

Bronchitis R78

24

4

0.87

Cough R05

28

5

0.85

Influenza R80

55

14

0.76

Tonsillitis R76

14

2

0.92

Pneumonia R81

6

3

0.60

Whooping Cough R71

6

0

1.20

Foreign Body Nose/Larynx/Bronchus R87

1

0

-

Upper Respiratory Infection R74

13

3

0.83

Tracheitis R77

4

0

1.33

Sinusitis R75

4

0

1.33

Parotitis R99

13

2

0.92

Female genital

117

Menstruation Irregular/Frequent X07

74

8

0.90

Breast Lump/Mass Female X19

8

1

1.00

Breast Symptom Female other X21

17

2

0.94

Vaginal Discharge X14

27

3

0.92

Benign Neoplasm Female Genital X80

1

0

-

Skin

109

Boil Carbuncle S10

10

2

0.89

Rash Localized S07

8

0

1.14

Burns/Scald S14

12

1

1.00

Pruritus S02

6

2

0.80

Skin Disease Other S99

78

11

0.87

Musculoskeletal

95

Rheumatoid Arthritis L88

96

10

0.91

Urological

57

Dysuria U01

12

1

1.00

Urinary Infection U71

17

3

0.88

Urinary Calculi U95

7

1

1.00

Pyelonephritis U70

34

3

0.94

Cystitis U71

9

0

1.13

Cardiovascular

45

Hemorrhoids K96

14

3

0.85

Heart Pain K01

8

0

1.14

Hypertension K25

10

1

1.00

Palpitation K04

6

1

1.00

Stroke K90

9

0

1.13

Pregnancy, childbearing, family planning

31

Post-partum Symptom/Complaint other W18

16

0

1.07

Breast/Lactation Symptom W19

6

0

1.20

Abortion Spontaneous W82

7

1

1.00

Infertility Female W15

6

0

1.20

Question of Pregnancy W01

4

0

1.33

Neurological

25

Epilepsy N88

12

0

1.09

Migraine N89

1

0

-

Tetanus N72

4

2

0.67

Meningitis N71

2

0

2.00

Dizziness N17

4

1

1.00

Male genital

21

Prostatitis Y73

4

0

1.33

Pain in Testis/Scrotum Y02

1

0

-

Impotence Y07

16

0

1.07

Syphilis Y70

4

0

1.33

Psychological

15

Dementia P70

2

0

2.00

Sleep Disturbance P06

7

1

1.00

Neurasthenia P78

6

0

1.20

Eye

14

Cataract F92

8

1

1.00

Conjunctivitis F70

9

3

0.75

Endocrine/metabolic and nutritional

13

Diabetes Mellitus T90

12

1

1.00

Lipid Disorder T93

1

0

-

Ear

7

Deafness H86

6

0

1.20

Otitis Media H74

1

1

-

Blood, blood forming organs and immune mechanism

6

Anemia B82

7

3

0.67